Oh god, don't do this to yourself. You live in Japan, Topre heaven, they are so damn cheap in Japan. $150 for Realforce boards, $200 HHKB, $300 HHKB Type-S, I would kill for HHKB S that cheap =(

I wouldn't get a Corsair board when Topre is priced so well in Japan.

Hmmm problem is that I really need and use te macro keys and backlight and as far as I know, Topre doesn't have one in their lineup yet.

My Razor didn't last long but, even before buying it, I already knew that there were some costumers saying that recently Razer have been having some quality issues on their products, but bought one anyway ^.^v

Hmmm problem is that I really need and use te macro keys and backlight and as far as I know, Topre doesn't have one in their lineup yet.

My Razor didn't last long but, even before buying it, I already knew that there were some costumers saying that recently Razer have been having some quality issues on their products, but bought one anyway ^.^v

Do you actually need backlight or is it mostly for looks? I would say that backlighting isn't really helpful even in low light situations, but I guess you situation depends.

Because Topre stems are so big it is hard for them to integrate centered LED lighting so that's why they haven't put in backlighting on any of their keyboards, plus Topre design is minimalistic so they try to gear their keyboards more to people for work and typing over gamers and their flashy gear, but I think gaming on Topre isn't a bad experience at all. Maybe if you need macros you should consider buying a gaming keypad or a mouse with macros, but I think that Topre is a no-brainer for prices like those.

Do you actually need backlight or is it mostly for looks? I would say that backlighting isn't really helpful even in low light situations, but I guess you situation depends.

Because Topre stems are so big it is hard for them to integrate centered LED lighting so that's why they haven't put in backlighting on any of their keyboards, plus Topre design is minimalistic so they try to gear their keyboards more to people for work and typing over gamers and their flashy gear, but I think gaming on Topre isn't a bad experience at all. Maybe if you need macros you should consider buying a gaming keypad or a mouse with macros, but I think that Topre is a no-brainer for prices like those.

I actually need it as unfortunately I'm not a very good typist who can type 90%+ of the time without looking at the keyboard, so yes the backlighting does help me a lot ^.^v

And there's also the fact that I've kinda of got used to use my computer with the room lights off because I always had to share my room with somebody else so I had to turn the lights off while using the computer.

keypads or mouse with macro buttons are out of the question , specially the keypad, as you might already know, here in Japan we don't have that much space available as our apartments tend to be pretty small...so my computer desk is not that large and it barely fits my mousepad, keyboard and amplifier.

Since I basically use my computer to gaming and listening to music and so on, I think that the Gaming oriented keyboards would fit me better ^.^

If you guys are into DIY you could probably make back a bit of the money by desoldering the switches and selling the switches, then selling the keycaps, the top case of the QFR and maybe even the PCB/plate, not sure if there's a market for generic PCB's, most likely not.

Do you actually need backlight or is it mostly for looks? I would say that backlighting isn't really helpful even in low light situations, but I guess you situation depends.

Because Topre stems are so big it is hard for them to integrate centered LED lighting so that's why they haven't put in backlighting on any of their keyboards, plus Topre design is minimalistic so they try to gear their keyboards more to people for work and typing over gamers and their flashy gear, but I think gaming on Topre isn't a bad experience at all. Maybe if you need macros you should consider buying a gaming keypad or a mouse with macros, but I think that Topre is a no-brainer for prices like those.

How does a topre switch differ from mechanical in feel, sound, and longevity?